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GILBERT E. JONES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,619, dated February'7, 1888.

Application filed February 10, 1887. SerialNo. 227,163. (No model.)

the head F of the quoin It is shaped, as'seen To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT E. JoNEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Quoins, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in quoins, as set forth inthefollowing specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a galley with a quoin.Fig. 2 is a section in the plane a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveView of the quoin of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a plan view of a modified form ofquoin applied to a galley. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the quoin ofFig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a side stick adapted to be usedwith the quoin shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7. is a side elevation of asidestick adapted to be used with the quoin shown in Fig. 8. Figs. 8 and9 are perspective views of modified forms of quoi'ns.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a galley. B B are the sides ofthe galley. Ois D is a side-stick, and E is a quoin. The quoin isadapted to engage the side-stick and hold the side-stick in place, so asto lock up the matter.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the quoin E is show with a head, F, adapted toengage recesses or grooves G in the side-stick D; and said quoin isformed with a circular hand-orifice located adjacent to a cam-surface,I, and eccentric to the end pivoting-head, F, so that by inserting afinger in the eccentrically-arranged handorifice, and by swinging ormoving the quoin about the head F in the proper direction, the quoin Ewill be brought firmly into contact with a side, B, of the galley. Theside-stick D is thus forced against the matter to lock up such matter.By perforating the quoin, as shown, the quoin will be made light andcheap of manufacture, and such quoin can be readily handled. 5

In the modification shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the notches G in theside-sticks D extend along the entire height of the side-stick, and

in Fig. '5, to eugagesuch notches.

In the modification shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the notches G extend onlyalong a portionof the height-of the side-stick, and the head F of thequoin E is shaped, as seen in Fig. 8, to engage such notches.

In the examples shown in the drawings the free edge I of the quoin actsas a cam to force the side-stick into position to lock up the matter. I

The eccentric hand-orifice H is shown in the drawings as passingentirely through the quoin E. If desired, the eccentric hand-orifice Hmay pass only partly through the quoin.

The head F of the quoin shown in Fig. 5 is angular; but, if desired,said head F may be rounded or formed as seen in Fig. 9. By having thecam-surface I of the quoin grooved or channeled, as seen in Fig. 5,saidcarn-surface is adapted to firmly engage a side of a galley, eventhough such side be uneven or rough.

The quoin may be made to act directly on a I side-stick; or, as seen inFig. 1, the quoin may be made to act on a lock. Such lock may be eithera side-lock, K, or an end-lock, L, or

'both a side-lock and an end-lock... The lock K shown in Fig. 1 isprovided with a groove or recess, G, in the same manner as the sidestickD is grooved or recessed.

In order to prevent the lock and quoin from becoming detached orseparated from one another, a pin, M, may be used to connect the quoinand the lock, and the quoin E may be made to swing about the pin M.

Heretofore it has been proposed to use rotating cam-shaped quoins withgrooved side and end sticks, as in English Patent No. 2,200 of 1878, andsuch, therefore, I disclaim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. Incombination with a galley, a quoin formed with twoends, one as apivoting-head,

F, pivoted on the side-stick, and the other as a curved cam-surface, I,and having a handorifice, H, located adjacent to the cam-surface andeccentrically with reference to the pivoting-point on the side-stick, sothat by engaging the fingers with the said orifice the quoin quoin,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a side-stick, D, having grooves or depressionsG extending along a portion of the height of the side-stick,

of a quoin, E, provided with a head, F, said head F being adapted toengage the side-stick at its grooves, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my 15 hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GILBERT n. JONES. [LS] Vitnesscs:

W. HAUFF, E. F. IASTENIIUBEIL

